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Galafold (migalastat) is generally safe and significantly reduces disease-associated heart enlargement in Fabry disease patients carrying Galafold-amenable mutations, according to two-year data from a real-life, multicenter study in Germany. These benefits were generally similar between patients who had previously received standard enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) and those who…

Many Fabry disease patients with heart involvement develop a slow and irregular heartbeat, called bradyarrhythmia, late in the disease course when heart damage is already advanced, according to a small study in Italy. The finding adds to previous studies reporting bradyarrhythmia as a late symptom of Fabry, discouraging…

A variant in the GLA gene associated with Fabry disease was found in four women with Parkinson’s disease, but they had no Fabry symptoms, according to results from a study of 236 Parkinson’s patients. According to the research team, the significance of the mutation and the relationship between the two…

The case of a man with Fabry disease that co-occurred with a rare autoimmune kidney disorder was described in a recent report. While it’s possible that the rare combination was coincidental, researchers speculated that damage to the kidneys resulting from Fabry disease might have set the stage for the…

A Russian military plane crash near Tetiana Zamorska’s home in Kyiv, Ukraine, was a sign that it was time for her and her family to leave. The treacherous, 34-hour pilgrimage that ultimately brought the group of eight by car to temporary accommodations in neighboring Poland last month was physically and emotionally difficult,…

Two years of treatment with the experimental enzyme replacement therapy PRX-102 (pegunigalsidase alfa) prevented kidney decline in adults with Fabry disease and showed safety and effectiveness similar to Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta), top-line data from the BALANCE Phase 3 clinical trial show. In addition to meeting the trial’s primary goal…

People with classic Fabry disease due to a common disease-causing mutation who don’t smoke can still have poorer lung health and symptoms like dry cough and shortness of breath, but these symptoms can stabilize with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), a small study in Finland suggests. These findings, in a group…

The European Commission is expected to propose a new governing framework for health data next month, called the European Health Data Space (EHDS), with the aim of connecting national health systems to facilitate secure and efficient transfer of data across systems in different European nations. The move is expected to…

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has updated its State Report Card to make it more digitally friendly and added telehealth to its categories of rare disease policy issues in a nod to its increased use during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. NORD’s report card project began seven…

Members of the Fabry disease community are invited to share their stories — those of patients, caregivers, family members, and advocates — and to use social media to celebrate Fabry Awareness Month this April. For this year’s campaign, the global Fabry International Network, known as FIN, has launched…